Where Is Your Bookmark: A Peek Into Witch With No Name / Hobbies / Well Liked Books I Didn't Like

A weekly meme where readers share the first sentence of the book they are reading and say what they think. Hosted by the amazing Gillion Dumas of Rose City Reader.

 

Neck craned, I squinted between the shadowed apartments.   [opening of The Witch With No Name]

Not the most informative of first sentences, but I have to wonder what Rachel is looking for. 

A weekly meme in which readers share a random sentence or two from page 56 or 56% of the book they are reading. Our wonderful host Freda of Freda's Voice is on a break, but Anne of My Head is Full of Books has stepped in to host!

No, it didn't matter. I was not going to help Landon save the world. He'd made his choice, and it wasn't my responsibility.

But as I felt Bis's aura slip around us, I had a bad feeling I was going to have to anyway.  [excerpt from 42% of The Witch With No Name]

I love this excerpt (chosen because this is where I am in the book at the time I am prepping this post) because it sums up just about every book in the series. Rachel is forced to come to the rescue of whoever she must save, however reluctantly, and often by the seat of her pants. This continues to be one of my favorite urban fantasy series. 

The Witch With No Name (The Hollows #13) by Kim Harrison

Rachel Morgan's come a long way from the clutzy runner of Dead Witch Walking. She's faced vampires and werewolves, banshees, witches, and soul-eating demons. She's crossed worlds, channeled gods, and accepted her place as a day-walking demon. She's lost friends and lovers and family, and an old enemy has become something much more.

But power demands responsibility, and world-changers must always pay a price. That time is now.

To save Ivy's soul and the rest of the living vampires, to keep the demonic ever after and our own world from destruction, Rachel Morgan will risk everything. [Goodreads Summary]

Have you read this series? Does it sound like something you would enjoy?

Tell Me Something Tuesday is a weekly discussion post where bloggers discuss a wide range of topics from books and blogging to life in general. It is hosted by Linda Book Girl of Mur-y-Castell and Jen from That’s What I’m Talking About. Join in by answering this week's question in the comments or on your own blog.

Besides reading, what are some of your favorite hobbies?

I wish I had a more exciting answer than I do. I lead a fairly quiet life. I enjoy traveling, but get to do so little of it. There is the obvious book blogging and talking about books. I enjoy camping in the mountains (although, glamping might be the more accurate term since we stay in a cabin), going to see musicals, listening to music, singing (my soon-to-be-teenaged daughter doesn't join in my musical numbers about doing chores or having to go to school like she used to, sadly), coloring, doing puzzles, watching movies or a favorite series on television, cuddling my cats (or chasing them around the house), and spending time with my family. That last is probably my most favorite. 

What are some of your hobbies other than reading? 

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Have you ever loved a book that everyone else hated or a hated a book everyone else loved? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer)

Hate is such a strong word. It is easier for me to think of books I didn't care for that have received a lot of praise or accolades than to think of books I loved that everyone else hated. My go to book for this topic is usually One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, which I did not care for as much as I wanted to feel otherwise. The Vampire Diaries television series is a favorite guilty pleasure of mine, but I couldn't stand the first book, The Awakening, in L.J. Smith's book series it's based on. I wanted to love the much lauded Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. I did not like it. Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray? Not for me. Even though I may not have liked any of these books, they are among the favorites for many people, and I think that's great. I was just not the right audience for them.  

What about you? What books have you read and not liked that everyone else seems to like? Is there a book you loved that no one else liked? 

 I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Be sure and tell me what you are reading and are up to!

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